<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post8422522405653414903..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>21</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7926364568617976576</id><published>2008-10-21T11:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-21T11:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I enjoyed reading this bit, but couldn&#39;t decide wh...</title><summary type='text'>I enjoyed reading this bit, but couldn&#39;t decide where the line was between fact and fiction.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7926364568617976576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7926364568617976576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224604740000#c7926364568617976576' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-452462142209500451</id><published>2008-10-20T05:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T05:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know about socialists, or Lutherans, playi...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know about socialists, or Lutherans, playing in the majors. But there&#39;s always the wonderful story, written by Robert Elias, that recounts the secret life of Leon Trotsky, the revolutionary who in his younger days played semipro &lt;I&gt;lapta&lt;/I&gt;, a form of Russian baseball, and who in his later years pitched for the Cleveland Indians, under the pseudonym Hal Trosky.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The pdf found </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/452462142209500451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/452462142209500451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224493560000#c452462142209500451' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1186709772751526473</id><published>2008-10-19T20:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T20:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagine if McCain wins. It&#39;ll be a ninth inning gr...</title><summary type='text'>Imagine if McCain wins. It&#39;ll be a ninth inning grand slam.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He&#39;s done it before.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t get out the champagne yet.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1186709772751526473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1186709772751526473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224462660000#c1186709772751526473' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2234453790195929617</id><published>2008-10-19T01:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T01:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>even marx allows for some hierarchykirbyi think th...</title><summary type='text'>even marx allows for some hierarchy&lt;BR/&gt;kirby&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i think the players are definetly capitalists except the leftfielders&lt;BR/&gt;they have to be marxists&lt;BR/&gt;the umps are socialist dupes&lt;BR/&gt;they get forced into dtermining fate for people&lt;BR/&gt;and they are content with state wages working for the good of all their brother and sister comrades&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the okayers players will nod to the crowds but </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2234453790195929617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2234453790195929617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224395220000#c2234453790195929617' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-901320434849840292</id><published>2008-10-18T17:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T17:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All I&#39;m saying is that genuine competition at the ...</title><summary type='text'>All I&#39;m saying is that genuine competition at the very highest level is exciting, as you can see here on the field with the men celebrating. It&#39;s hard to get to that point.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In socialism, it&#39;s supposed to always be one big celebration without any competition ever. Everyone&#39;s a winner.  Everyone gets a gold star.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I actually do have one other schtick. I reserve it for every </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/901320434849840292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/901320434849840292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224365280000#c901320434849840292' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8602294043655551748</id><published>2008-10-17T20:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T20:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I hope you&#39;ll allow some anti-Philly poetic sentim...</title><summary type='text'>I hope you&#39;ll allow some anti-Philly poetic sentiment on your blog next week, Ron; I&#39;m planning to root for whoever wins the AL pennant (and hope it&#39;s Tampa Bay), but I&#39;ll be nice.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And Kirby . . . do you have another shtick, or is this it?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/8602294043655551748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/8602294043655551748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224291540000#c8602294043655551748' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146108321237585329</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1160934350"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1679105380853556631</id><published>2008-10-17T14:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T14:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The players are workers in a sense, but they are w...</title><summary type='text'>The players are workers in a sense, but they are workers who must produce.  So they are also owners of the means of production, which is themselves. And if they don&#39;t produce, they are out of work.  Only the winning players on the winning teams get to remain &quot;in business,&quot; and there is strict competition between the pitchers and the hitters, and so in a sense there is a dog eat dog capitalism </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1679105380853556631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1679105380853556631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224267660000#c1679105380853556631' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1507239277569511377</id><published>2008-10-17T11:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T11:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i think baseball is the top of the darwinian food ...</title><summary type='text'>i think baseball is the top of the darwinian food chain or perhaps the social dartwinian food chain&lt;BR/&gt;i mean what profession on this earth exemplifies the ability to make so much money by doing almost nothing at all...just playing....and that in rather small doses&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sure you can talk about the rigor of the schedule&lt;BR/&gt;the tedious hours of practice&lt;BR/&gt;the idiots you have to put up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1507239277569511377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1507239277569511377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224258240000#c1507239277569511377' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7226583556659368269</id><published>2008-10-17T07:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T07:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jenkins and Eaton can write off depreciation</title><summary type='text'>Jenkins and Eaton can write off depreciation</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7226583556659368269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7226583556659368269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224243780000#c7226583556659368269' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8655817367406907454</id><published>2008-10-16T21:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T21:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;And of course what makes these ballplayers so wea...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;And of course what makes these ballplayers so wealthy is the fact that they have a union.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Exactly. These are workers, Kirby, not owners. They only become wealthy by organizing. If they were owners, it would be a different story.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And quite honestly, the league is the players. Some of these guys are making $10,000,000+ each year, and even that doesn&#39;t begin to cover their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/8655817367406907454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/8655817367406907454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224205800000#c8655817367406907454' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15889533139054155082</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2748716953931318090</id><published>2008-10-16T20:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T20:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mm. I liked how at the beginning of the Dodgers/Ph...</title><summary type='text'>Mm. I liked how at the beginning of the Dodgers/Phils series, FOX played Randy Newman&#39;s &#39;I Love LA&#39; almost every time they cut to break, and how by the end they were playing Rocky&#39;s theme &quot;Gonna Fly Now&quot;--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;so FOX doesn&#39;t get its man this time, and it doesn&#39;t appear they will in the AL either; but, despite ratings in a Phils/Rays match-up, I think we&#39;re in for a good series. The phils are</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2748716953931318090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2748716953931318090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224203700000#c2748716953931318090' title=''/><author><name>Jason</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02904060338260713321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-974034175"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4616132129407173947</id><published>2008-10-16T19:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T19:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great photo. Poetic in its own way. I support the ...</title><summary type='text'>Great photo. Poetic in its own way. I support the Red Sox, though. ;)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/4616132129407173947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/4616132129407173947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224198300000#c4616132129407173947' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5186488636941655212</id><published>2008-10-16T18:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T18:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Phillies played great.  I&#39;m looking forward to...</title><summary type='text'>The Phillies played great.  I&#39;m looking forward to them playing the Rays, as I think that will be a great  World Series featuring two teams who were not expected to be there.  Plus, both have great young players, including good pitching and young power hitters.  Without all the BS hype that a Dodgers-Red Sox series would have included, I expect something along the lines of the 1991 Twins-Braves </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/5186488636941655212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/5186488636941655212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224195780000#c5186488636941655212' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3039068298064035353</id><published>2008-10-16T16:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T16:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, Any mention of ballplayers&#39; wealth must, as y...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Any mention of ballplayers&#39; wealth must, as you did, credit the union. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But also remember Curt Flood, and his challenge to the reserve clause. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s a part of Phillie history too. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And a classic instance of how sometimes a huge loss (Curt Flood&#39;s in the Supreme Court) is not the end of a matter, and maybe can even help things move along (after the loss,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/3039068298064035353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/3039068298064035353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224188760000#c3039068298064035353' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7888447349391207580</id><published>2008-10-16T16:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T16:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry I posted twice. The first time I didn&#39;t get ...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry I posted twice. The first time I didn&#39;t get the yellow note that says I have to wait for arbitration.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nice response.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7888447349391207580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7888447349391207580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224187680000#c7888447349391207580' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6178880592734379479</id><published>2008-10-16T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T15:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Several of the Phillies players, esp. Jimmy ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Several of the Phillies players, esp. Jimmy Rollins, have talked publicly of how Obama inspires them.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And of course what makes these ballplayers so wealthy is the fact that they have a union.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/6178880592734379479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/6178880592734379479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224184020000#c6178880592734379479' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3170451872300420363</id><published>2008-10-16T13:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T13:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate to burst ya&#39;ll bubbles, but whoever wins in...</title><summary type='text'>I hate to burst ya&#39;ll bubbles, but whoever wins in the AL, the Rays or the Red Sox, are going to trample the Phillies. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Trample&quot; was the nicest word I could think to use.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/3170451872300420363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/3170451872300420363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224176880000#c3170451872300420363' title=''/><author><name>Amish Trivedi</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839976680249253602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/661905087_10a77a8653.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-832955061"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1142599006266598766</id><published>2008-10-16T12:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T12:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder how many of the millionaires on the field...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder how many of the millionaires on the field here are looking forward to Obama&#39;s redistribution of their wealth?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t believe there are many socialists in today&#39;s MLB.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps there were once socialists in the big leagues.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Probably most sports stars are pure capitalists along Smithian lines.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Darin Erstad of the Angels is a Lutheran.  But he never </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1142599006266598766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/1142599006266598766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224173820000#c1142599006266598766' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2128586188297188150</id><published>2008-10-16T12:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T12:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How many of these ballplayers are socialists?How m...</title><summary type='text'>How many of these ballplayers are socialists?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How many of them have a strong economic philosophy of any kind?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wonder if anybody in the Big Leagues is a Lutheran.  I had the feeling that Darin Erstad of the Angels might be since he was raised in North Dakota like Roger Maris.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Carmelo Martinez is a Lutheran.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How many socialists ever worked in MLB?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2128586188297188150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/2128586188297188150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224173640000#c2128586188297188150' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7116510143133054550</id><published>2008-10-16T11:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T11:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;m actually excited for the philliesi&#39;ve been fig...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;m actually excited for the phillies&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve been fighting extreme ennui&lt;BR/&gt;regarding all aspects&lt;BR/&gt;of american culture&lt;BR/&gt;but maybe i can direct some &lt;BR/&gt;excitement to the series&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;teams show down&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;o and could you talk to someone about the word verifications man they are getting really complicated&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7116510143133054550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/7116510143133054550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224170820000#c7116510143133054550' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-313792497305646710</id><published>2008-10-16T10:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T10:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations to the Phillies, including the som...</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations to the Phillies, including the somewhat slumping but still wondrous Jimmy Rollins and Matt Stairs, the journeyman who not only could, but did!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/313792497305646710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8422522405653414903/comments/default/313792497305646710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html?showComment=1224167580000#c313792497305646710' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8422522405653414903' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8422522405653414903' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry></feed>